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Daily coverage of game patches, driver releases, GPU launches, and esports rule changes — every story framed through one consistent lens: how it affects your framerate.
ASUS ROG Ally X20 ships today with AMD Z2 Extreme and 7.4-inch OLED
AMD's Z2 Extreme and a 7.4-inch OLED in a translucent shell—ASUS's play against the Steam Deck OLED
ASUS's new handheld pairs AMD's Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme with a 7.4-inch OLED panel. It's available now in a translucent black shell with gold internals.
Micro Center quietly drops RTX 5090 listings as 'not carried'
Micro Center's 'Not Carried' flag suggests the retailer won't restock the 5090
Multiple RTX 5090 SKUs now show as 'Not Carried' on Micro Center's site, suggesting the retailer has stopped stocking NVIDIA's flagship. Neither party has commented.
Valve's Steam Frame OLED reportedly in the works with 3552x3840 per eye
Nearly triple the pixel count per eye could make this the sharpest consumer VR headset yet — if you can push the frames.
Valve's Linux kernel code reveals an OLED Steam Frame variant codenamed 'Plano' with nearly triple the pixel count of the current headset.
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB hits $882 in Japan as entry-level GPU prices surge
Japan's RTX 5060 Ti pricing hints at rough months ahead for mid-tier GPU buyers
Japanese retailers list the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB starting at ¥139,800 (~$882), confirming mid-year warnings that entry-level cards would see major price hikes in late 2026.
NVIDIA DLSS 5 update doubles performance, cuts VRAM use by 20%
Free performance without a game patch — 20% VRAM headroom sweetens 4K on 16GB cards
NVIDIA's October 16 DLSS 5 update promises 2x faster frame generation and 20% less VRAM overhead at 4K, freeing capacity for textures.
NVIDIA's new DLSS Preset C cuts frame generation time by 35%
Faster frame generation with a minor quality trade-off — worth it for RTX 5060 and 4060 owners.
NVIDIA's latest NVIDIA App beta adds Preset C, a faster DLSS Frame Generation mode that's 35% quicker on RTX 5060 with minor image quality trade-offs. Works on RTX 40 and 50-series.
NVIDIA RTX Spark superchip launches with DLSS 5 and Game Ready drivers for dozens of AAA titles
First iGPU with DLSS 5 and anti-cheat support at launch — but ARM translation is the real test
NVIDIA's RTX Spark superchip — a 20-core Grace CPU paired with a Blackwell iGPU (6,144 CUDA cores) — ships Game Ready for dozens of AAA games on Windows 11, targeting maxed 1440p.
Android phones can now run Steam games locally, Cyberpunk 2077 hits 60 FPS
Native Windows gaming on Android—no streaming, real local performance
Open-source DroidDeck lets Snapdragon Android devices run Steam and Windows games natively—no streaming. Cyberpunk 2077 managed 60 FPS on medium settings during early tests.
Modders unlock DLSS 5 multi-frame generation on RTX 40-series GPUs
RTX 40-series owners get access to Blackwell's frame-gen tech through community mods
Community modders have cracked NVIDIA's DLSS 5 software lock, bringing multi-frame generation to RTX 40-series cards that were artificially limited to single-frame DLSS 3.
AMD hikes GPU prices in China — RX 9070 up $104, international markets next
RX 9070 jumps $104 in China as memory costs bite — international hikes incoming
AMD raised vendor pricing on most RX 9000-series cards in China, with the RX 9070 seeing a $104 jump. International price hikes are expected to follow.
Microsoft's RTX Spark PCs ship without Call of Duty support until 2027
A $2,599 gaming laptop that can't run its parent company's biggest FPS for a year
Microsoft says hundreds of games will run on RTX Spark PCs at launch, but Call of Duty won't be one of them until 2027 — an awkward gap for a $2,599 machine shipping October 16.
AnyPS5 hits 100% PS5 GPU shader translation — native PS5 games on PC inching closer
Full PS5 shader decode opens the door to native PC ports — if you have RDNA 2 or newer AMD silicon
AnyPS5 decoded all 1166 PS5 GPU shader instructions, a key step toward running PS5 games natively on Windows and Linux without traditional emulation.